Sanitary cigarette-paper receptacle.



l. A. JONES, C. 0. ROWE & C. E. JOHNSON.

SANITARY CIGARETTE PAPER RECEPTACLE.

APPLICATION FILED 050.9.1915.

1,21 2,068. Patented Jan. 9, 1917.

FEE I WITNESSES: TORS,

ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN A. JONES, CLAUDE O. ROWE, AND CLAUSE E. JOHNSON, OF PALESTINE,TEXAS.

SANITARY CIGARETTE-PAPER RECEPTACLE; I

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 9; 1917.

.Application filed December 9, 1915. Serial No. 65,995.

. To all whom it may concern:

which it is designed.

Be it .known that we, JOHN A. JoNEs, CLAUDE 0. Rowe, and GLAUsE E.JOHNSON, citizens of the United States, and residents of Palestine, inthe county of Anderson and State of Texas, have invented an Improvementin Sanitary Cigarette-Paper Receptacles, of which the following is a,specification.

This invention is an improvement in receptacles, and has particularreference to a case for holding cigarette paper.

' An object of theinvention is to provide a casing for containing acontinuous strip of paper and having a hinged cover-therefor to which ispivotally connected a cutting member whereby the paper may be cut to anydesired length as the same is withdrawn from the casing.

Another object is the provision of a casing formed from a single sheetof material and consisting of a bottom and a top, which only partiallycloses the receptacle, said casing having a hinged closure or cover thefree end of which, in conjunction with the adjacent edge of the top ofthe receptacle, forms a slot through which the paper is withdrawn, thisslot being normally covered by means of the cutting member pivoted tosaid hinged closure.

A further object is the provision of a 'receptacleof this characterwhich is simple in construction, easy to manufacture, and effectivev incarrying out the purpose for The inventive idea involved is capable ofreceiving a variety of mechanical expres-' sions, one of which, for thepurpose of illustrating the invention, is shown in the accompanyingdrawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the receptacleshowing the parts 'in the position to withdraw a strip of papertherefrom. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing parts in the position forsevering or cutting off that portion of the strip which has beenwithdrawn from the/casing. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line3-3 of Fig. 2., Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section showing the parts infull lines in the same position as in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is also alongitudinal section with the parts of the receptacle in position forthe insertion of a new supply of paper into the casing. I,

There is illustrated in theaecompanying drawing what is now deemed apreferred form of the invention in which the rectangular casing 10 isformed from a single sheet of any suitable material and consists of abottom 11 and top 12, the latter forming only a partial closure for thecasing which is open and reduced at one end as indicated at 13. Acontinuous strip of paper 14 is preferably folded in layers and adaptedto be inserted into the space between bottom 11 and top 12 and iswithdrawn from the casing in a manner to appear in the course of thisdescription.

At the reduced end of the casing the same has hinged thereto at 15 aclosure or cover 16 which is employed for the purpose of closingAdjacent the free end of the cover 16 the same has pivoted thereto at 20a cutting member 2'1 which, when in cutting position, overlaps the top12 and forms a closure for the slot 19. When in this position, thecutting member 21 bears against the strip of paper 1 1 -with suliicientforce to prevent said paper from slipping as it is being torn off. Forthe purpose of retaining thls cutting member in the position justdescribed,

the sides of the casing are provided with projections 22 for engagingsuitable detents 23 formed. in the inner surfaces of the sides of saidcutting member. In order to further insure against the slipping of thepaper as the same is being severed, pressure may be brought to bear withthe thumb or finger upon said cutting member.

In practice, a supply of paper is first 1nserted into the casing whenthe parts are in the position shown in Fig. 5 after which the closure 16is moved to closing position and the free end of the strip of paper 14is passed through the slot 19 whereupon the cutter 21 is moved to theposition shown in Figs. 2 and 4 whereby .a small portion of said stripwill be retained between the top 12 and said cutter. When it is desiredto sever a strip of paper, the cutter 21 is first raised to the positionshown in Fig. 1 after which the end of the strip of paper may be graspedand any desired length withdrawn from the casing as shown in saidfigure. The cutting member 21 is then returned to its normal position inengagement with the strip of paper whereupon the latter is torn acrossthe cutting edge of said member. After a length of the paper has beensevered there is still left a portion of the strip between the cuttingedge. of the member 21 and the slot 19 which portion is adapted to begrasped when it is desired to detach another length of paper.

' -What is claimed is:

7 1. Areceptacle of the class described comprising a casing including atop for partially closing the same, a closure hinged to onewend of saidcasing, the free end of said closure terminating short of the adjacentedge of said top to provide a transverse slot, means for normallyretaining said closure in closing position, and a cutting member pivoted to sald closure adjacent the free end thereofvand adapted tooverlap said slot to form a closure therefor.

2. In comblnatlon, a casmg including a 7 top, a closure hinged to oneend of said casng, the free end of said closure terminatlng short of theadjacent edge of said top to provide a transverse slot, means fornormally retalnlng said closure 1n closing position, a cutting memberpivoted to said closure adjacent the free end thereof and adapted tooverlap said slot to form a 010- prising a casing having a top, aclosure pivoted to one end of said casing and terminating short of saidtop to provide a slot, and a hinged cutting member eXteriorly of saidcasing and normally in a position to close said slot and retain the endof a strip of paper between the same and said casing.

. 4. A receptacle of the class described comprising a casing having atop, a closure pivoted to said casing, one end of said closureterminating adjacent said top to provide a slot, and a cutting membercarried by said closure and normally closing saidslot whereby to retainthe end of a strip of paper between said cutting member and said casing.

JOHN A. JONES. CLAUDE o. ROWE. CLAUSE E. JOHNSON.

